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MrRING Android Futureman Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Total posts: 4196 Gender: Unknown |
Posted: 08-08-2011 21:42 Post subject: Land Shark! |
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/mysterious-blue-shark-found-hampshire-woods-132431689.html
| Quote: | Mysterious blue shark found in New Hampshire woods
By Liz Goodwin
Locals in the small town of Milton, New Hampshire are trying to figure out how a six-foot shark ended up in the region's woods.
Floyd Ellis told local station WMUR that his brother found the decomposing blue shark on Thursday. The closest ocean beach is a 45-minute drive away, so authorities think fishers without a license may have caught it there and then dumped it in the woods to decompose when they realized they might get in trouble for the catch.
Miltonites at a local pond told the station they had never heard of anything like it. One man suggested that the incident was likely a real-world extension of the Discovery Channel's annual summer roundup of shark-themed programming.
"It's totally Shark Week," the man said. |
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gncxx King-Size Canary Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
Posted: 08-08-2011 21:47 Post subject: |
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| There was a porpoise found propped up in a cubicle of the gents toilets in Glasgow's Central Station back in the 1970s, which is a similar kind of thing but even more bizarre. |
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LaurenChurchill Pretty Good Old One No I am NOT a yeti Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Total posts: 933 Location: Oz Age: 27 Gender: Female |
Posted: 09-08-2011 03:47 Post subject: |
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Hmmm. Yeah there's definitely something fishy about this story.
Oh shut up! As if the joke wasn't begging to be made  |
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rynner2 What a Cad! Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
Posted: 09-08-2011 09:08 Post subject: |
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It's a fish fall - it came from the sky!  |
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colinbaker32 Great Old One Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Total posts: 223 Gender: Unknown |
Posted: 09-08-2011 09:42 Post subject: |
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Certainly a case of 'out of place items'.
I'd love to have seen the look on someones face when they first saw that. |
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Zilch5 Vogon Poet Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1528 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
Posted: 05-08-2013 05:57 Post subject: |
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Another "Land Shark" - almost exactly 2 years later!
| Quote: | Shark Found At Pub Door On Nantucket
NANTUCKET, Mass. — A cleaning crew has found an unexpected mess after arriving at Sea Dog Brew Pub on Nantucket: a 5-foot-long shark blocking the door.
Pub manager Jimmy Agnew says he doesn't know why anyone would have dumped the sea creature there.
Nantucket's public works department hauled the dead shark away after its discovery around 7 a.m. Thursday.
But Agnew said the pub fielded calls and questions all day long after word got out about the land shark. |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/shark-found-pub-door-nantucket-sea-dog_n_3694596.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news |
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Zilch5 Vogon Poet Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1528 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
Posted: 08-08-2013 03:43 Post subject: |
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Another Land Shark - this time in the NY Subway - found with cigarette in mouth and a can of beer. Pictures at the ling
The Mustelus canis shark, referred to as the smooth dogfish, is known to skulk along the US Atlantic coast, off the beaches of Brazil and along the shores of northern Argentina.
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Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Total posts: 9109 Location: Not far from Bedford Gender: Unknown |
Posted: 08-08-2013 19:22 Post subject: |
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| Zilch5 wrote: | | Pictures at the ling |
Ling? That's a fishy sounding link...  |
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Zilch5 Vogon Poet Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1528 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
Posted: 08-08-2013 23:14 Post subject: |
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| Mythopoeika wrote: | | Zilch5 wrote: | | Pictures at the ling |
Ling? That's a fishy sounding link...  |
I like Ling! There's a South African curry sauce that's awesome with it - throw in some veggies and rice and you have a very simple and delicious meal.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1131633/durban-curry
But yeah, I meant "link".
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